Ahimaaz
Americannoun
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He took his text from the eighteenth chapter of the second book of Samuel, the story of the young Ahimaaz who ran too soon to bring the tidings of battle to King David.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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And when Ahimaaz reached King David, who yearned to know the fate of his headlong son, Absalom, he could only say: “I saw a great tumult but I knew not what it was.”
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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So Martin could answer glibly that Ahimaaz was the son of Zadok and that Joab plunged three darts into Absalom’s heart while the scapegrace dangled from the oak.
From The Revellers by Tracy, Louis
The priests remained behind in Jerusalem, and their sons Jonathan and Ahimaaz served as his spies.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
In the Bible, we find the following text: "Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz."
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
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